School Memories...Organized

Today I tackled all of the papers, projects, tests, and crafts that Kaylee and Aaron have brought home from school and stuffed into a "school junk drawer".  We pulled it all out and decided what to keep (actually I did that before the kids came in because they get so offended when I try to throw anything away and I just can't keep it all).  I have a book for each of my kids - School Memories, A Place for your Child's Keepsakes; ISBN # 0785340653, that helps us organize each school year.  Each school year is a double sided pocket with questions about the year and then the pocket to put favorite projects, pictures, and papers in.

Kaylee and Aaron are so different!  Aaron just wanted to hurry through writing about his year so that he could get out and play.  Kaylee on the other hand had to look at and read every paper from each year and reminisce.  Then when it came to writing in her book, she had to contemplate each answer very carefully and then write each letter to perfection.

It is so nice to have a clean drawer (until the papers start coming home again next year) and it was a lot of fun to look at all of the school work that Kaylee and Aaron worked so hard on.  I found some stories that each of them wrote that I will post on Saturday's Story.  They are so funny and creative...where do they come up with this stuff?  

So for now, the books and folder of papers will be filed away until it is time to pull it out again for another year's accomplishments.